by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Telega zhizni
Language: Russian (Русский)
Xot` tyazhelo podchas v nej bremya Telega na xodu legka; Yamshhik lixoj, sedoe vremya, Vezet, ne slezet s obluchka. S utra sadimsya my' v telegu; My' [rady' golovu slomat`]1 I, preziraya len` i negu, Krichim: «[poshyol, ebyona mat`]2!» No v polden` net uzh toj otvagi; Porastryaslo nas; nam strashnej I kosogory' i ovragi; Krichim: «polegche, duralej!» Katit po-prezhnemu telega; Pod vecher my' privy'kli k nej, I, dremlya, edem do nochlega -- A vremya gonit loshadej.
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1 Medtner: "погоняем с ямщиком" ("pogonjajem s jamshchikom")
2 Medtner: "валяй по всем по трем" ("valjaj po vsem po trem")
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1 Medtner: "погоняем с ямщиком" ("pogonjajem s jamshchikom")
2 Medtner: "валяй по всем по трем" ("valjaj po vsem po trem")
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Телега жизни", written 1823 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nikolay Ivanovich Bakhmetyev (1807 - 1891), "Телега жизни" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Телега жизни", published 2004 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Телега жизни", op. 45 (Четыре стихотворения (Chetyre stikhotvorenija)) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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